Line of MATTHEW or MATTHIAS WTNANS JOHN-JOHN-JOHN-JACOB-MATTHEW or MATTHIAS (1-5-1-3-4)

MATTHEW was b probably 1760/1 and named for maternal grandfather, Matthias Connett. He md 3 July 1787 (Minisink Valley Records) in Shawnee, Pa. Mary Van Garden, not Margaret V. Gordon, as sometimes stated. Appeared as single man in 1786, taxed 0.10.0. He was not a landowner in the 1796 tax lists of Northampton Co., but is listed in Middle Smithfield. He was a weaver and a mail carrier. The 1790 census finds him in Lower Smithfield 1-1-2. He helped settle Meshoppen, Pa.